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In Jackson County, the quiet unraveling of a twenty-eight-year marriage has begun. Nicole R. Dadey, represented by Attorney Lindsey A. Waits-Pritchett of Waits Family Law, LLC, filed a Petition for Dissolution of Marriage on October 8, 2025, against her husband, Gary M. Dadey, in the Family Court Division at Independence. Married on October 25, 1997, in Beavercreek, Ohio, the couple’s separation earlier this year—on January 11—marked the start of their slow drift into finality.
The petition tells of one shared child, now nineteen, who has lived under the joint care of both parents. Nicole requests that the court grant joint legal and joint physical custody, with her address to serve for educational and mailing purposes, and that both parties contribute to the child’s support under Missouri’s guidelines. Her filing seeks not only fairness but balance—an equitable division of marital property and debts, the setting aside of non-marital assets, and approval of any settlement agreement that may follow.
Nicole states she lacks sufficient income to support herself and asks the court to order maintenance from Gary, who, she asserts, earns a substantial income. She further seeks attorney’s fees, urging the court to recognize her financial limitations and the fairness of sharing those costs.
After nearly three decades of shared years, the petition captures the gravity of an ending measured not by anger but by resolve—a woman asking the court to close one life chapter while ensuring that fairness and stability guide the next.
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